RE: When Can We Call Something Natural?

You are viewing a single comment's thread from:

When Can We Call Something Natural?

in nature •  8 years ago 

You touched on a point that I have had trouble with myself. Some of our most natural wildernesses are only kept that way by the action of man, to keep man out. Does that reduce the naturalness of it? Would it be more natural to let the evolved animal that is man trample it as the herds stamp the African plains to dust?

Authors get paid when people like you upvote their post.
If you enjoyed what you read here, create your account today and start earning FREE STEEM!
Sort Order:  

Sorry for taking so long to respond.
Although I don't say so in the article, my take-away is that it's futile to distinguish between nature and synthesis. So yes, I would consider the evolved animal trampling the African plains to dust a natural phenomenon. Not all natural things are good from a human perspective though!

Thanks for the response, but you may have misread my comment.